[Checkins] SVN: zope-story-website/trunk/src/index.rst some ideas....
Andrew Sawyers
andrew at sawdog.com
Mon Mar 30 20:05:20 EDT 2009
Log message for revision 98664:
some ideas....
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Modified: zope-story-website/trunk/src/index.rst
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--- zope-story-website/trunk/src/index.rst 2009-03-31 00:03:30 UTC (rev 98663)
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-Welcome to the Zope Community
+Welcome to the Zope Framework
=============================
We are devoted to solutions to the perennial problems encountered
@@ -10,28 +10,55 @@
==================
The Zope Framework is collection of Python-based software
-components used as building blocks for a variety of projects,
+components used as building blocks for building frameworks, applications, or
+custom composing your own bits from scratch.
including:
-* `Plone`_, A powerful, flexible Content Management solution that is
- easy to install, use and extend.
+Frameworks
+==========
-* `Zope 2 Application Server`_, a mature application server which
- has thrived in enterprise production systems for nearly 10 years.
+The following are notable frameworks which users are adivsed to look at if
+they are looking at entering the world of Zope.
-* .. image:: _static/grok_logo.gif
+.. image:: _static/grok_logo.gif
- `Grok`_, a Python web framework aimed at making
- the full power of the Zope Framework accessible to any
- Python developer.
+`Grok`_, a Python web framework aimed at making the full power of the Zope
+Framework accessible to any Python developer.
-* .. image:: _static/repoze_logo.gif
+.. image:: _static/repoze_logo.gif
- `Repoze`_, a web framework toolkit integrating WSGI middleware with Zope.
+`BFG`_, a web framework toolkit integrating WSGI middleware with Zope.
-* ...and a collection of individual web applications
- built using the Zope Framework Components [#more_zca]_
+Applications
+============
+Several applications are built atop the Zope Framework, providing rich user
+experiences.
+
+* `Plone`_, A powerful, flexible Content Management solution that is easy to
+ install, use and extend.
+
+* `Schooltool`_, SchoolTool is a project to develop a common global school
+ administration infrastructure that is freely available under an Open Source
+ license.
+
+* `Launchpad`_, a web application and web site supporting software development,
+ particularly that of free software. Launchpad is developed and maintained by
+ Canonical Ltd.
+
+Compose Your Own
+================
+
+To compose your own application or framwork from scratch, or see how the
+packages within the Zope Framework can work for you, see more information
+below.
+
+* `Zope 2 Application Server`_, a mature application server which
+ has thrived in enterprise production systems for nearly 10 years.
+
+* `Zope Framework Wiki`_, a place where more information about the Zope
+ framwork can be found.
+
This variety of open source and commercial applications built from
Zope Framework demonstrates a community with years of expertise solving
a wide range of problems. A deeper inspection of the technology reveals
@@ -65,20 +92,13 @@
deploying applications from multiple components.
.. _Zope 2 Application Server: http://zope2.zopyx.de/
+.. _Zope Framework Wiki: http://wiki.zope.org/zope3/Zope3Wiki/
.. _Plone: http://plone.org
-.. _Repoze: http://repoze.org
+.. _BFG: http://static.repoze.org/bfgdocs/
.. _Twisted: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/
.. _Grok: http://grok.zope.org
.. _Zope Foundation: http://foundation.zope.org/about
.. _Turbogears: http://turbogears.org/
.. _buildout: http://buildout.org
-
-Footnotes
-=========================
-.. [#more_zca]
-
- - `Schooltool`_
- - `Launchpad`_
-
.. _Schooltool: http://www.schooltool.org/
.. _Launchpad: http://launchpad.net
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